BOLIVIA—Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan will make a stop in Brunswick County later this month as part of The Peace Mom and the Patriot, a five-stop North Carolina tour to discuss the peace movement and war issues.

Property owners along Midway Road are considering legal action against the town of St. James now that the town council has approved involuntarily annexing the area.

At its last meeting, the council voted 5-0 to annex the property as well as another tract near Tri-Tech Forensics. The annexation will take effect Oct. 7, 2010. The property owners have 60 days from the day of the decision to file suit against the town.

SUNSET BEACH—Local business owners have been alerted to a possible scam regarding a “best of Sunset Beach” window and door award.

Cathy Altman, president of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, said she has gotten at least a dozen queries in the past two weeks from local companies that have received a letter about a “vanity type” award from the “US Commerce Association.”

A South Carolina woman was arrested last week for multiple drug charges and for driving her car into a car driven by undercover narcotics officers.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit Sgt. Steve Lanier said drug agents arrested Melissa Russelletta Skeeter, 36, of 100 Apt. 4 Christy Way, Little River, S.C., after a brief chase, during which she allegedly drove her car into a car driven by undercover drug agents. Skeeter was arrested as she attempted to cross the state line into Horry County, S.C., Lanier said.

But recently, members of the Sudan Daredevils of the South Brunswick Islands Shrine Club in Shallotte brought home the glory when they won two awards at the South Atlantic Shrine Association’s (SASA) meeting in Virginia Beach. Va.

The unit won first place in the minicar division and best overall unit, beating numerous other units for the top award.